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    Are Muslim-Americans Living Dangerously?

    While Muslim-American groups give the Obama Administration high marks for combating bigotry, they are divided over "sting" operations by the FBI. Since September 11 — most recently in Baltimore, Portland and Washington, DC -- suspects have been arrested before the terrorist acts they were planning ever occurred.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    While Muslim-American groups give the Obama Administration high marks for combating bigotry, they are divided over "sting" operations by the FBI. Since September 11 — most recently in Baltimore, Portland and Washington, DC -- suspects have been arrested before the terrorist acts they were planning ever occurred. Young bombing suspects have been arrested before they could do any harm, but after FBI agents acted as false accomplices. Anti-terrorist agents routinely appear uninvited at mosques, workplaces and homes. Are the Feds just "getting to know the community" or spying? Do agents inadvertently help to radicalize young men? Are they stepping on American rights to privacy, freedom of speech and religion?

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      Warren Olney

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    Policing Domestic Muslim Radicalism
    1. 0:00Virginia Judge Rules Obama's Healthcare Bill Is Unconstitutional
    2. 7:47Are Muslim-Americans Living Dangerously?You’re reading this
    3. 44:37US Gun Stores on the Mexican Border Supply Drug War Arsenals
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